Alastair runs the Dutch data archive for the technical sciences on behalf of the 4 technical universities in the Netherlands, and is also head of the Research Data division within the TU Delft. His (current) biggest challenge is persuading researchers of the benefits of research data – a task that not only requires knowledge of…
Astrid is Executive Director of LIBER. Her career began as a researcher at the Institute for Dutch History and as a product manager at Sdu Publiskers. From 2001 onwards, Astrid worked at the National Library of the Netherlands. She was involved in projects and programs concerning mass digitisation, digital preservation and digital libraries. She headed…
John MacColl is Retired Former University Librarian & Director of Library Services at the University of St Andrews and is LIBER’s Secretary-General. He has worked in libraries and information services for over 30 years. Before moving to his current role he spent three years as European Director of the OCLC Research Libraries Partnership, based in…
Žibutė is head of the Scientific Information and Data Department at Vilnius University Library, Lithuania. She has worked at Vilnius University Library since 1986. In 2008, she completed Ph.D. Head of Scientific Information and Data Department. She is the main administrator of the eLABa (Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library) system, and is specialised in Open Science,…
Sofie Wennström works at Stockholm University Library with publishing and open access. She teaches about publishing strategies and information literacy, and was part of the team launching Stockholm University Press in 2014–2015. In 2019, she became chair of LIBER’s Open Access Working Group. Sofie holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Multimedia & Education from Stockholm University…
Bertil is the twice elected President of the Danish Research Library Association, Library Director at the University Library of Southern Denmark and Associate Professor of the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Southern Denmark. Within LIBER, he serves on the Executive Board and as head of the Steering Committee for Digital…
Dr. Paul Ayris is Pro-Vice-Provost (UCL Library Services), Chief Executive of UCL Press and the chair of LIBER’s Citizen Science Working Group. Paul has also served as President of LIBER (2010-2014) and advised the LIBER Board on EU matters. He is Co-Chair of the LERU (League of European Research Universities) INFO Community. He chairs the…
Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen is the director of Library Network Services at the National Library of Finland (NLF). Her unit at the National Library of Finland provides national infrastructure services for libraries, archives, museums and the public sector as a whole. Services included are information systems management and development, national licensing (FinELib), development of metadata standards and…
Jeannette is President of LIBER since 2018, and has been director of the Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire (BCU) Lausanne since 2008. She has overseen an extension of the main building of the university library and the implementation of a new ILS for the Renouvaud network of libraries of canton de Vaud (120 libraries). She has…
Anja Smit is University Librarian at Utrecht University and a member of LIBER’s Executive Board. She joined Utrecht University in 2010, after an international career of over 20 years in library management and library automation, including being library director at two Dutch Universities (Nijmegen and Maastricht) and three years in the United States. “As an…
Julien Roche served as Director of the libraries of the University of Lille – Sciences and Technologies from 2005 to 2018, where he led a strategic project for the university: the creation of the LILLIAD Innovation Learning Center, to support the innovation process of the university, including a new building opened in September 2016. Following a…
Wilhelm Widmark has been Library Director at Stockholm University since 2012. He has a master in Library Science and a master in Literature from Uppsala University. He has been on the executive board of LIBER since 2012. It is important that the research libraries in Europe can talk with one voice through LIBER. The libraries…